Stakeholder & Engagement ManagerMinistry of Justice

Cross Government Location National 10-Sep-2026 Post Type Permanent, The national salary range is £42,914 - £46,182, London salary range is £49,325 - £53,081. Your salary will be dependent on your base location Working Pattern Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working This vacancy is only available to existing Civil Servant employees and employees of accredited non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs). Please review the "Eligibility" section before you apply. General Information Salary The national salary range is £42,914 - £46,182, London salary range is £49,325 - £53,081. Your salary will be dependent on your base location

Posted 26 August 2026

21570

Descriptions & requirements

Job description

Stakeholder & Engagement Manager

Location: National*

Interviews: from 29 September 2026

Grade: SEO

(MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able to retain this grade on lateral transfer)

Salary**: London: £49,325 - £53,081; National: £42,914 - £46,182

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Job share

Contract Type: Permanent

Number of vacancies: 3

Vacancy number: 21570

*We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP

Please note that unless you are an existing member of staff at Justice Digital, Data and Science, the only London location being recruited to is 10 South Colonnade, E14 4PU. We are no longer recruiting to 102 Petty France, SW1H 9AJ.

The Role

We’re recruiting for a Stakeholder & Engagement Manager here at Justice Digital, Data and Science to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategic Engagement team.

This is a pivotal coordination and engagement role, focused on improving how we communicate about the products and services we build, and the outcomes we deliver. You will work at the centre of engagement and communications within Justice Digital, Data and Science and have a dedicated focus on a specific business unit area connecting delivery teams with central communications functions to ensure the right information is available, aligned, and used effectively.

You will play a key role in improving the visibility of delivery and impact, and in ensuring stakeholders have a clear and consistent understanding of priorities and progress, as well as blockers and the support we need to remove them.

This is not a standalone communications role. Instead, it focuses on coordinating, shaping and enabling engagement and communications activity within the specific business area.

You’ll receive a range of excellent benefits when you join our department, including:

A generous employer pension contribution of 28.97% through the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

25 days of annual leave, (increasing to 30 days once you have reached 5 years of service), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday.

Flexible working arrangements including hybrid working, working part time or compressed hours. Designed to support a positive work–life balance.

Employees are allocated 10% of their working time for personal and professional development.

A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access to best-in-class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms.

Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too!

You can find more details of the Benefits we offer here. To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital, Data and Science please take a look at our blog.

Key Responsibilities:

Surface delivery progress and outcomes, and shape narrative

Proactively identify key delivery milestones, priorities and impact

Translate complex delivery activity into clear, accessible messaging and outputs

Maintain forward visibility of upcoming activity to support proactive engagement

Coordinate with communications teams

Act as the interface between a specific delivery area within Justice Digital, Data and Science and the central Justice Digital, Data and Science Strategic Engagement team.

Provide high-quality, timely content and context to support communications planning and delivery

Ensure alignment of messaging across teams, stakeholders and end users

Commission and coordinate inputs

Coordinate inputs from delivery teams to support engagement and communication needs

Commission briefings, artefacts and supporting materials where required

Ensure consistency, accuracy and quality of outputs

Manage stakeholder relationships

Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Act as a key point of contact for engagement relating to delivery activity

Support joined up working across teams, including with partner organisations

Enable reuse and reduce demand

Develop and maintain a repository of key materials (e.g. briefings, slides, case studies)

Ensure materials are accessible and reusable to reduce duplication

Support responses to information requests effectively and efficiently

If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!

Person Specification

Essential

Strong experience of stakeholder engagement across complex organisations

Strong experience of working in a matrix / interface / business partnering environment

Ability to translate technical and delivery detail into clear, meaningful messaging appropriate to different audiences